The Red Flag Labour Unions was a
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
movement in
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, linked to the
Red Flag Communist Party. On 3 July 1946, the British governor of Burma Sir
Henry Knight banned the Red Flag Labour Unions and the related
Red Flag Cultivators Unions
The Red Flag Cultivators Unions was a peasants movement in Burma, linked to the Red Flag Communist Party and formed after the Red Flag Communist Party had broken away from the Communist Party of Burma. The Red Flag Cultivators Unions called on pe ...
.
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Burmese CP in relations between China and Burma
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References
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